Truth Has A Name

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free. Luke 4:18 NIV

Do you ever wonder these days where the truth is? With all the fake news and different opinions literally flying in and out of our lives, where seems like each “side” has their own version of truth and idea of what we should believe. It can be frustrating, scary, and confusing to navigate all the supposed facts we are constantly bombarded with.

Think about it, 2,000 years ago Pilate, the Roman governor who questioned Jesus at His trial, felt this tension and in exasperation exclaimed, “What is truth?” 

You are a king then?” Pilate asked. “You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.” “What is truth?” said Pilate. After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no grounds for charging Him. John 18:37-38 CSB

What he didn’t realize was that he was literally staring Truth in the face. 

Because, Jesus, in John 14:6, claims to be the way, the truth, and the life.  Meaning truth is not just a “what,” but a “who.” 

Truth has a name and a face, and that name is Jesus Christ!  Mind blowing isn’t it!

We can wonder too at How can Jesus so boldly claim to be the Truth? Well, truth is defined as that which is consistent with the original or with reality. 

John 1:1 CSB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

What does this mean? Jesus was with God in the beginning, and He is God! Therefore, Jesus, more than anyone or anything else, ever, is consistent! He has been here, there, from the very beginning. 

And, because truth is tied to the person of Jesus, there are some things we can know for certain. 

First, that truth is not relative. It’s relational.  Holy Spirit shows us what is true based on our relationship with the One who is Truth. Jesus Christ.

In other words, truth is not whatever we want it to be or based on how we feel or even what culture says at any given moment.  

Truth is rooted in Jesus, who invites us into a relationship with Him. We can know Truth because we can know Jesus.  

Holy Spirit teaches how important our basis of truth, our foundation, really is. If we choose to rest our lives on something that doesn’t last, like the opinions of others or the trends of culture, we will always have to pick up the pieces of broken relationships and challenging circumstances. 

But when we choose to build our lives on the solid, unshifting foundation of truth, God, cultural trends and opinions can ebb and flow, crazy things can happen in the world and even in our own lives, but we endure.

We stay standing. We can even be a beacon of stability for others.